Type-writing machine.



Ht H. STEELE. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. ArrLIdAIIoN FILED rmna, Isos.

Patented May 2, 1911.

WITNESSEE:

H.y E; ASTEELE. TYPE ETING MACHINE. APPLICA IILEU FEB. 8, 1909.

990,919. f Patented May 2,1911.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE. y APPLICATION FILEQ PERB, 1909` Patelltd a 2,1911.

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HERBERT rr. STEELE, or maestros, ,NEW Your, Asslenon ro 'ran momma'rariswiurna comPANY, or srnacusn, new You, A conromrron or. ivnwyonx.

TYPE-WBITING MACHINE.

-To all whom it moy concern:

Be it known that I, Hnnnnnr H. STEELE,

citizenof the United States, and resident of Marcellus, inthe county ofOnondaga and State of New York, have invented certain "new and usefulImprovements in Type' Writin Machines, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to card holders `and has. for one of its objects toprovide a card being interfered with by the paper feeding or accessorydevices. o i

Still other objects will appear hereinafter'. My invention consists inthe various features of construction, combinations and arrangements ofdevices hereinafter more fully Adescribed and particularly pointed outin rthe ap ended claims.

In t e accompanying drawings:-Figure 1 is a plan view of part ofthepaperv carriage of'a Monarch typewriting machine embodying my imrovements. 'Fig'. 2 is lan enlarged vertical cross-section of the same.VEigyl isan enlarged partial front-elevation thereqf. Fig. et" is anenlarged longitudinal sectj` 'n `'of a' platen embodyin my invention.Fig.` .5l is aii enlarged en elevation of the saaie Fi n. 6 is afragmentary front elevation tlierco Fig. 7 is a fragmentary veryticalcross-section of the platen with the card holder/in place and/showing acard in its grasp.

In the various views' the same parts will.'` l be found designated bythe same numerals of reference.

1 is the top plate of a Monarch machine on which is usually mounted twoposts or brackets 2, which support thel carriage guide rails 3. o

'4 is the back bar of the platen frame or carriage which runsron rollerbearings 5.

6, 6 are the side bars of the platen frame and in which a cylindricalplaten 'fr is mounted to rotate as usual in said machine. 55 The ends ofthe platen shaft are provided specincauon er Letter; raient,-Application filed February 8, 1909. Serial No. 476,653.

platen This l stance is also provided with an upwardly 00K e PatentedMay 2,1911.

with hand` wheels 8, 8 for .rotating the platen. The platen is alsoadapted to be rotated by linefspacing mechanism, of which only the linespacing wheel 9' is shown, the .f hand lever anddriving pawl beingomittedj; 011

A the spring detentroller lOh'owever is trated. v y' 11 isa pivotedpaper apron or dtle'ctor, curving around on" the under sidel of the .yplaten, its forward edge bein free; 12HR; 66v rear pressure rollers; and13 t e frontl sure rollers, bot-h of which are 'shown dotted lines only.

14 is the platen scale pivotally mounted!` at 15 at each end uponforwardly extendinflf' arms 16. A spring 17, riveted o n the ann l andbearing on a lng 18 at 'the lower portion of the platen scale at eachend,.tends to keep` the upper edge ofthe platen scale again of? closetothe platen. i 275 19 isa line-finder and pressure device pivotallymounted at20 upon a bracket 21 and;A having downwardly extended legportionsy 429. whose extremities are turnedi.forwardliga:`A

as at 23,Y leaving rounded corners-94;: spring 25 is arranged tokeep theupper end of the linender and pressuredevice against 1 the platen with agentle preum. This*y pressure may, however, be increased--bydatr`-yvupwardly slidin device 26 whichxwoglmgsl against the roun ed corners24110 cam 1 outwardly and thus increase the pressure o the upper end ofthe device 19 agaix'istethe. device 19 in the present itiextendingfingerportion 27. o All of the devicesthus far described orreferred to(excepting the finger 27) are in coml o mon .use on Athe Monarchtypewritena'nd there- -S fore need no further detail description. Thefinger 2f? is occasi ally used for special work; I

' 28 is a oardfho der comprising as .plte-like-device whichextendssubstantnll the whole length of the platen. ASaid holder isformed or provided at each longil@ tudinal edge withlan under-cut, thoseedges Vbeing marked respectively 294 and 30. Said under-cuts createspaces between the and the surface of the platen for the meer .tion ofthe edges of cards, the shoulders `315105 formed by said under-cutslimiting the Antroduction of the-cards.

The card Vlate is curved, to conform to the curvature o the platen andat its ends is .od-set, as at 32, to reach the faces of two v woodencylinder 35 by screws 36, the rubber` .i cover the depressed portion ofthe card sheath or facing 37 of the platen being cut away for themountin of said rings. The ring 33 is provided Ywith a pin or stud 38having a iiange or button head 39, and the ring 34 is provided with aplain stud or pin 40. These devices serial-to position the,

card-holder properly upon the platen. The

card-holder at oneend is slotted, as at 41, l

to -embrace the stud 38 under the button head 39 and theother end ofthepcard plate is preferably formed with a'perforation 42 to titupon'the pin 40. The forked end (if,

the `card plate is first slipped upon the stud Q perforation is fittedover the 38 and then the pin 40. l l -f y For the purpose ofsecurelyholding the card plate in position I have provided a locking`bai1'43, )which is pivoted on studs or rivets 44 arranged atdiametrically -opposite sides of the platen and upon the ring 34.Thebail or locking device is generally .semi-circular in form but isslightly flattened at its upper middle portion as shown at 45 to bearupon the depressed perforated portion of the card plate and thus clampor lock the same .upon the surface of the platen. The extremity of thisdepressed end of the card plate is preferably beveled to facilitate thelocking operation. of the' bail when it is swung upwardly 'andinwardly.l When it may be -deslred to remove the card plate the bail isswung-outwardly 'or in the direction of the arrow at Fig. 6, so as toun* plate, whereupon the plate is adaptedV for lnstant removal; y Whenthe card plate is not in use the bail is swung back to the positionshown at Fig. 6 and is held there` bythe action of the pin 40, theflattened part 45 of the bail having frictional engagement with the topof the pin. The inner ed e of the part 45 is preferably beveled to rideup over' the pin and over the extremity of the plate more readily, andthe bail is light enough to yield and spring in the locking or catchingoperations. y

The card late is preferably' provided near each endp with twohs 46 whichproject forwardly from one of the longitudinal edges of the card plate.The foremost or free" ends/f` these' fins are beveled or sharpened toform cams or wedges 47 forl Athe purpose of cammingoif or lifting thescale plate 14 and the deliector or apron 11 when the platen is `rotatedbackwardly.

The over-hanging lips formed by the under-cuts 29 and 30 are beveled asat 48 and 49,I the latter more particularly to cam` ott` platen isturned forwardly,v

' eled edge 48.

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successively remove the scale and deiector,'

so that backward rotation of the platen will not be interfered'with bycollisions between the card defiector. r

Referring to Fig. 2 it will be observed that the beveled edge 48 of theforward lip of the card plate is about to enter behind the upper end ofthe linger 27 while the beveledend of the fin 46 is arranged in advanceof the bev- When the platen is turned 1n -the direction ofthe arrow thebeveled edge 48 will force outwardly the linger 27 and the line-finder19 so as to make way for the card plate and the beveled fin 46 willlater pass behind the scale plate 14 and behind the defiector 11. Boththe 'beveled es 47 and 48 will also move ofi' the feed rol ers 134 and12. It will also bc observed in a direction the reverse of thatindicated by the arrow the beveled edge 49 of the card holder will camoff the feed rollers 12 and '13, the deiiector 11, the scale platev14`and plate and thescale plate or the l from Fig. 2 that when theplaten is rotated I under-cut 29 of the card holder. To feed* thiscard-tov printing position the platenis turned forwardlyfor in thedirection of tlhe arrow at Fig. 7, or the reverse of the arrbw at Fig.2. The leading edge of the cardl is brought up to the printing pointindicated `y the dotted line w in tion at which'the writing' is rto bebegun on Ythe card is of course determined by the operator.This'printing position may beeither close to the edge of the lip orsome` dlstance ,therefrom in accordance with the exigency of the work.The card may be Written upon Fig. v2; Theposiline .by line in the usualmanner close down to its lowermost edge, this being possible with theline-finder or pressure device 19T If it be desired to write closer tothe topA edge of the card than may'be accomplished with the card-holderarranged as just above explained then the lower edge of the card isinserted in the under-cut 30 and the platen rotated backwardly or in thedirection of the arrow shown at Fig. 2 until the top edge of the card isin register with the (printing point. Then t-he card may be fe in theten upon down as far as It i ill thus be seen that- I have provided acard holder adapted V tloe'nab1e the card to be printed upon to the,extremity of either lits 'top edge or'lits bottom edge as may berequired@l Itjwill also be 'observed that I haveprovided means o n saidcardholder for' moving out of the way any and lall devices 'connected orassociated with the paper feed mechanism which might` otherwisefobstruct the card 'holder or platen, Whenftheflatter is `rotated eitherbackwardly 'or `itorwardly.

While the means just referred have been provided particularly for theexisting construction o flMonarch paper feeding 'devices' partn from thespi' it will also. be understood/,that if the scale der be-similar ybent fa ell as` the paper a ron, an uninterrupted age of the card p atwill be rinitte without the. use of the n s 46 an -the i "er 27.'

Various changes 'in be made without-del,of my invention, and

` late be bentslightly foy'ygd and the" linesomeo y ixprovents may beused with-A tion ofV a platen ing bail for# 2. In a t jewiiti'iigmachine, the combinaf 1. In a typew tin'g'iinachine, thecombinadevices thereifii'i* o'nltl'ieplaten, and a swingu'ring'hthe cardholder.

en, a card holder, a platen p roositioningdevices at each end,

evic'es, Afand v'a swin "ng" bail for ne ofsaid card older.

' pewriting machine, the combinaatenlh ving at"'n e end a stud uttdfhead and vatfi'te otherl end a engage' said stu undersaid button' ndatthe other end having means to ,"s'aid pin and a swinging retainingpermanently-attached to the platen for ain in the card holder in'engagement siaipnx.IVY iiga typewmting machine, the combinatioiigi 'aVplaten having at its ends positionen 'ge sa studs or"pins', and a bailpivin? tiglds or pins, a -card holdenadapted to ot atfdi `metrically4opposite sides of the platen ahdadapted vto be swung-over on to on'endof .the card holder.

. In a typewriting machine, the combination ofia'platen havingpositioning devices thereon, ecard holder constructedto engage saidpositioning devices, 'anda semi-circular V'platen to grip one endof saidcard plate.-

a'. card holder, positioning @instructed to engage said pp Y edges, theoverhangin lips/formed rd holder having at' one Vend a slot orl bail forsaid card holder pivoted on opposite sides of the platen. y

6. In atypewriting machine, the conibination of a platen having pinsat'each end, a card plate under-cut at both edges longitudinally of theplaten and olf-set at both ends an`d provided with means to enga e-saidpins, and a swinging bailat one en of the 7. In a typewriting machine,the combination of a platen, paper feeding devices, a card holdersecured upon said platen and provided, on the same side thereof as itscardholding portion and inadvance of said card holding portion, with`camming devices for throwing oii the paper feeding devices when theplaten is rotated backwardly 8. In a ty ewriting machine, the combina-Ution of a p aten, paper feeding devices, a

cardholder'having anunder-cut portion and camming devices arranged onthe sanie side' of said card-holder as said undercut portion and inadvance of said under-cutportion.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a p aten, a paper scale,a card holder having an under-cut portion, and cumming devices arrangedin'advance of said undercut portion. Y,

10. Ina typewriting machine, the`combination of a platen, a `platenscale., and a aper deiiector, a card holder having an un ercut portion,and camming portions arranged in advance of said under-cut ortion. f.

11.. In a typewriting-machine, the combi-4 nation of a platen, a linefinder or pressure device having a fingerwvith a bevel or putturnedextremity, and"'"a card holder having a beveled edge. i '"v 12. In a tyewriti-ng machine, the combination of a piaten', paper feed devicescop#V erating with said platen, and acard holder having under-cutportions at its o posit .y sai' under-cuts being beve ed. r

13. In a ty'pewritin machine, the combis nation of a platen, an a cardholder havin under-cuts along its opposite edges, bevele lipsl andbeveled fins.

4 14:. A cardholder, coinprisinga plate provided with iieuns enablingvit to be detach- I ably attached t0 a platen and havingv undercutsalong its opposite-longitudinal 'ed es, and having alsobeveled lips andbeveled s.

Signed at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York,this 5th day of February A'. D. 1,909. y HERBERT H. STEELE. Witnesses:

